Today, Parliament has the chance to ban ninja swords - lethal weapons which have been used to kill on Britain's streets. Families & communities across country face devastating knife crime. Up 80% since 2015. I’m urging Tory Ministers to vote for our plan. No excuse not to act.

Congratulation to Cllr John Parker on being made Town Mayor of #Romsey again. It was great to join him at the Mayor Making yesterday evening. I'm sure he'll do an exceptional job and do the town proud!

You know how when I read Yvette Cooper I think Yvette Fielding? And Daniel Mays for Daniel Muijs? I’ve just realised that I’m thinking of Elon Musk and Andrew Tate as the same interchangeable person…..!!!

Today MPs have the chance to vote for a ban on sales of dangerous ninja swords - the weapon that killed 16 year old Ronan Kanda. We are urging Government and Parliament to back Labour’s proposed New Clause 59 to the Criminal Justice Bill today www.mirror.co.uk/new…

30yrs ago today we lost John Smith - a great Labour politician & leader, a kind & decent man. I was lucky enough to work for John in 1991-2. Thank you @DavidDjward for the invite to speak last week on John’s important legacy of radicalism & credibility bit.ly/3WHRuJQ

Northern Lights over Castleford tonight (tho tbf it looked more like weird cloud to the naked eye and the colours only came out when I took photos from the garden) @BBCLookNorth

“What’s needed is a radical new law enforcement approach – with stronger leadership, extra resources & a more coherent structure to protect our borders.” Former Counter-Terror Chief Neil Basu welcomes Labour’s plan to boost Britain’s border security www.telegraph.co.uk/…